What's more important, the HEAD, BODY, or BOTH?

both are important but for me the head is most important because that's like the character's face which informs the personality for me...i have many floating heads in need of bodies but that's ok with me, better than bodies in need of heads lol

 

Definitely head for me.. I find that there is not enough variation amongst the bodies I like for me to be too picky, especially because im always on the hunt for keeping things on a tighter budget. But the head sculpt is what makes a character..!! So it's the most important for shelling out.

 

I think the head is probably the most important, but it could be both for me too. If the resin color is a fantasy color it would probably be more difficult to find a body. There's always an option to make it work, but I think I'm going to go with the head as the most important.

 

The body is what I am definitely more focused on. I feel like the right face-up can completely transform a doll's face, but the body has to be right from the get-go.

 

Body is more important to me. These days I don't keep a wishlist of doll heads anymore, but I do have a very detailed wishlist of doll bodies filled with notes about what I do/don't like.

I play regularly with my dolls and do lots of photoshoots with them, so I need to enjoy the process of playing and handling, and the body contributes entirely to that. I recently had a chance to handle a doll body that had subpar joint engineering - manipulating the limbs was a pain in the ass, and the joint appearance looked very unattractive. I was shocked at how turned off I was, it actually made me not want to play or take photos of my doll. (I sold that body very quickly.) I also have pretty specific tastes for aesthetics, I've completely rejected a potential body because it had a silhouette, build, or joint design I didn't find attractive.

Look, head will always be important - I have no reason to buy a new doll unless I'm in love with the head. But once I fall in love with a head on sale (whether it's a full doll or a head I need to hybrid), I'm very fussy about its body.

 

It's definitely both. I'm trying to shell my characters, so certain facial features and body types are equally important to each other. Plus, it's very important to me that a body is well engineered, since I have one body that is so insanely annoying to pose it's become a priority.

 

Both
When I think of my dolls, I honestly have two whose bodies I love a little more than their heads (2 dolls). Then, there are some that I love the heads more (1 doll) . Then, there are some where both the head and the body are equally important to me (the remaining 4 dolls)

 

Before I would say heads, cuz I don’t have that much budget to spend on dolls, and heads is the one that attracts me more as they give them different characters. Also it might be because the doll’s aesthetic trend over the past few years is my vibe Plus the bodies over the past years aren’t that mascullar (There’s few exceptions where I was attracted by the body first like dollshe)

These two years I am very happy there’s more and more types of body to choose from, and I got dad70 and dad75 even before I know what head could go with it. (Hopefully they could match up with those heads that don’t have a body for them)

Overall, generally speaking I am still more into heads with few exceptions

 

Generally, I look at the head first to decide if I want to consider getting the doll, and then I look at the body as the next deciding factor.

I have what I enjoy in a head, and I want to fall in love with a face before I get a doll. If the face doesn't get me, I'm not considering the doll, and that's that. So, in that way, I could say I find the head more important.

However, the body definitely does affect my enjoyment of a doll, and some can disqualify a doll, like certain fantasy bodies. Is it a body I can easily dress in a variety of things? Do the joints suit my preferences? (I vastly prefer double joints and have only unintentionally ended up with dolls who have single jointed limbs. I also like a two- or three-part torso. However, I'm picky about some joints, like those extra shoulder joints on some bodies so they can shrug. I don't like those!) Do I like the shape? For fantasy dolls, do I like the design of the fantasy elements?

There's some things I'm not picky with. Hands and feet, meh. With the dolls I have, sturdy joints that can hold a pose without extra help is a fun bonus; I have two of a body I consider to be one of my worst posers. There are some bodies I would like to have, but that means getting a head to go with them, and I'm not in the habit of getting floating heads.

So, overall, face is the overall deciding factor on whether I consider a doll at all, but the body can disqualify a doll I was otherwise considering.

 

I think that both matter, the head sculpt of course you will see the most, but the body has to suit the head, a doll is not just a head or body, but the full package of head - body - eyes - wig - clothing how they look individually is always relative to one another. I have definitely passed on a head I loved if I couldn't get it without a body I disliked, and the other way around as well.

 

I focus on the head sculpt. I don't think I've ever cared much for the body sculpt, unless I thought it was really out of place for the doll's intended character; only then do I look for a more fitting body.

 

I used to be more interested in head sculpts and I’d often buy floating heads just because I liked the head sculpt. I really wasn’t that interested in body sculpts… I don’t know what changed exactly but now I seem to focus a little more on body scultps and have even bought bodies because I liked the sculpt but not had a specific doll in mind

 

It really depends on the character and two factors:

1. how clearly I’ve visualized their appearance

2. how rare or common their “look” is in the BJD market

so for example I have an OC who is a thin young woman with very anime-like features, so I had tons of options for shelling her vs. another OC who has a similar face but a chubbier build. For the latter it was more important to find the perfect body than the perfect head because I knew it would be easier to find a head. Hopefully this makes sense?